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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1898
Page
3
A party of gentlemen return from a metropolitan city and stay at a big hotel. They seek water in a novelty coin–type fountain, fail to get it, then order champagne, and a bellboy brings it on cue. The tale blends humorous misfires with a city–hotel scene from the Galveston News.
A young businesswoman shows a strong practical streak as she explains a cushioned divan with iron bands she received from a boarder. The box once belonged to a wealthy relative who died in Florida and was shipped, coffin and all, to her home city.
The Philadelphia Records notes marble importation to the United States has nearly ceased with only occasional cargos arriving from Italian quarries in Can Tara. Granite replaces marble in tombstones and monuments, requiring less maintenance, offering a lasting polish, and resisting rust marks from metal contact.
A local advertisement promotes Ottos Cure claiming quick cough relief and asthma bronchitis and throat lung disease help. The note offers a free ample bottle at the store with large bottles priced at 50 cents and 25 cents. Daugherty Bros Indiana and W. J. Moore Homer City distribute.
The Pennsylvania Railroad lists train stop details for Camp George G. Meade near Middletown Pennsylvania. Westbound weekday and Sunday departures from Philadelphia Lancaster and Middletown times are shown. Eastbound weekday departures originate from Harrisburg with several morning and evening departures and Sunday Harrisburg times are listed.
The article notes General Schofield declined a position on the army investigating board while other military and political developments move forward, including Major General Jon Wheeler directing cavalry to Cuba and a new army department to include troops in Cuba and Porto Rico.
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